More photography accolades for UCOL

Tuesday 14 September 2010

More photography accolades for UCOL

UCOL has again confirmed its position as the place to study photography in New Zealand.

UCOL was named Tertiary Institute of the Year for 2010 at the Epson/New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Iris national Professional Photography Awards last night. It is the sixth year running that UCOL in Palmerston North has won the top award.

The awards provided further proof of the excellence of UCOL’s School of Photography, Art and Design, with a run of wins by its students.

Third year student Anna Kernohan won the Student/Assistant category, over competitors from throughout New Zealand studying at polytechnics, universities and new entries to the photographic industry. Anna is studying towards a Bachelor of Applied Visual Imaging at UCOL.

In the Student/Assistant category, UCOL students also took a total of 76 awards, including three Gold awards, nine Silver with distinction and 30 Bronze awards.

Commenting on UCOL’s success at this year’s awards, Head Judge Mike Langford said UCOL had secured its reputation once more as the place to learn photography, after being named Tertiary Institute of the Year for the sixth time in six years, and with a UCOL student winning the Student/Assistant category.

The Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards are the only competition of its kind in New Zealand. This year they were held at the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) annual Infocus conference in Queenstown.

More than 1000 photographs were entered in this year’s awards which were judged over three days by leading New Zealand and international photographers. The awards were announced at a gala dinner in Queenstown last night (Monday).

Among other goals, the NZIPP was established to maintain and improve standards across the industry and encourage professional development.

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